This research explores the determinants of risk behaviour when an organisation
operates outside its normal operational domain. Organisations are being forced
outside their normal operational domains with ever-increasing ...

Product innovation is an important driver for manufacturing companies to remain
competitive. Although new products are essential to high-technology companies, other
sectors are also focusing on product innovation. As the ...

In order for firms to remain competitive CEOs acknowledge the importance of
innovation. In life science R&D firms scientists are crucial for innovation because they
hold knowledge to create competitive new products. They ...

A key aspect of innovation is the development of new products (innovative product development). Successful innovative product development generates increased revenue and profit for the innovating company. In order to ...

Innovation has become a necessity for the survival of organizations. Recent academic and practitioner publications have focused on the importance of the culture of innovation and have identified a number of cultural practices ...

Successful innovation depends to a high degree on an organization’s ability
to develop an effective Research & Development (R&D) process and during
the last decades many companies have adopted Stage-Gate® or similar
m ...

Recent decades have seen a sustained growth of interest from academics and
practicing managers in structural change in the contemporary workplace. Some
of this attention has been directed at the implementation of initiatives ...

Product innovation is a key driver of any company’s growth. The biggest challenge in managing product innovation is in determining the most promising new product development (NPD) projects from the many ideas generated, ...

Product support is a key aspect in the marketing of high-technology
products, since it strongly influences customer satisfaction and can also be an
important source of revenue. Typical forms of support include ...